How make use of photoshop CS6

[...]... Photographers don’t always have a proper camera or lens to take a correctly focused picture, and that’s when those filters come in handy Even better: Photoshop now lets you create blur effects that can’t be achieved with a camera Before CS6, Photoshop had some simple blur filters we could make use of, and we did Photoshop CS6 comes with such an amazing Blur gallery that I fell in love with it You will... Most of the advanced Photoshop users never use Auto features, because it doesn’t work well and the results are usually not professional-grade But with CS6 those features are improved dramatically: these features are fairly reliable now Now there’s an Auto button in the Brightness/Contrast, Levels and Curves dialog boxes: I wish I could give you some screenshots to show the difference, but I got rid of. .. add the Bokeh effect, which blurs the out -of- focus points of light Make use of it when needed: And an example: 3.2 Color Lookup This feature helps you quickly change the color scheme of your image Accessible through Adjustments panel (Window->Adjustments) There are three groups of presets – 3DLUT, Abstract and Device link, and each group has some nice “looks” to use: 3DLUT presets: Abstract presets: Device... most important layer features So let’s proceed 2.4 Auto-Hide Panels There are a lot of panels in Photoshop, and before CS6 you had to close each one of them after using, in order to get more space and save yourself from this: Ok, I know: I am exaggerating Still: you always had to minimize a panel after usage Starting with CS6 you can set those panels to Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (Edit>Preferences->Interface):... volume controller): Here’s a quick example of using the Field blur: 3.1.2 Iris Blur This tool simulates a camera lens blur, and gives you more control over the size of the focus and its shape The shape of the focal area can be changed from elliptic to rectangular: Tip: you can drag one of the four feather handles individually by holding the Alt key Here’s an example of using the Iris blur: 3.1.3 Tilt-Shift... wall, sand, snow, sky, clouds, etc.) To use it, make a quick selection around the unwanted object and drag it to an area that you want it to be like: Pretty good: 3.6 Content-Aware Move This new tool makes it easier to move objects within a photo, without worrying about making super precise selections Just quick-select an object (I use Quick Selection tool) and use the Content-Aware Move tool to move... “telling” Photoshop “this should be straight”: Tip: when you hold Shift while drawing a line, you force it to be 100% vertical or horizontal That’s it, a little practice and you will love the tool As for the empty areas – crop them and we have Content-Aware Fill, remember? We all loved it when Adobe presented the Content-Aware family of tools, right? So, they didn’t stop there Photoshop CS6 comes with... the orientation of the crop box (landscape or portrait), straighten an image by drawing a line, change the grid view, enable deleting the pixels that are left out of the box Also, you will realize that when you rotate or move the crop box, you are actually moving the image and you can see the unwanted area that is left out of the box, without working “blind” as it was before Let’s see how Straighten... always choose one of the three from Blur tools widget Let’s follow the list and check those Blur tools one by one 3.1.1 Field Blur At first sight, Field Blur looks very simple and plain – well, it just blurs the whole image But in the right hands it can do cool things Just by putting three pins with different blur values you can isolate a desired area of your image: Tips: You can use as many pins as... believe, I never used the Auto features before, but now I will I think it will be most useful when you need to correct some nice photos, quickly 3.4 New Crop Features The Crop tool has got new features as well! It is much smarter and more convenient now You’ll see the differences when you first click on the Crop tool – it has more handles and more settings in the options menu: You can use a fixed size . better: Photoshop now lets you create blur effects that can’t be achieved with a camera. Before CS6, Photoshop had some simple blur filters we could make use of, and we did. Photoshop CS6 comes. Tricks 2.1. Quickly Change the Appearance of Photoshop CS6 New appearance is the first thing that surprises a Photoshop user. If you have any experience in older Photoshop versions, you will see what. Tips and Tricks 3. Tweaking Images 4. Speed Up Photoshop CS6 s Performance 5. Conclusion MakeUseOf 1. Introduction Even if you have never used Adobe Photoshop before, I am pretty sure you’ve heard